Improvement in buttons or studs



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improvement vin Sieeve Buttons or Studs.

117,916. Patented Augst8,187.

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CHARLES A. NEWTON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTONS OR STUDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 117,916, dated August8, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAnLEs A. NEWTON, of Providence, in the county ofProvidence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Sleeve-Buttons, and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description oi' the constructionand operation of the saine, reference being had to the annexed'drawingmaking a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a plan view oi' my invention with faceremoved. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical section. Fig.4

vis a face view oi' slide, hereinafter described.

This invention has relation to an improvement in buttons or studs; andconsists in the hereinaiter-described construction and novel arrangementof devices whereby the head and back part oi' the button or stud may beseparated and locked together for greater' convenience in their use.

` In the accon'lpanying drawing illustrating this invention, Arepresents the back plate ofthe button, holding the shank B, around thetop of which is formed a groove, b. C designates a circular or othershaped plate, with a central opening, encircled by aiiange projection,D,l

which rests in the groove b. E represents a rim which surrounds theplate (i. F represents a slide, having a slotted eye, f, through whichthe groove'd end of the shank passes. the end of said slide. H, a springwhich tends to keep the slide F back by pressing against the lip Gr. L,an opening in the rim E into which the thumbnail may be inserted torelease the slide from theshank. J, the stone, jewel, or other ornamentwhich forms the front of the button. The slotted part of the eye fclasps the shank when the head and back part of the button are lockedtogether, and they may be separated by pressing the slide until theWider part of the eye reaches the shank. K represents a plate whichguides the slide F.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The button or stud herein described, consisting of the head C providedwith a nail-slot in the rim and the spring H, slide F having thepearshaped slot j', and of the back A provided with the grooved stem B,combined, arranged, and operated substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. NEWTON.

Witnesses z EDWARD MGOABE, ASA C. NEWTON.

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